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[ The Lingfield Steam and Country Show - August 2003 ]
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The Lingfield Steam and Country
Show is now at its new regular venue at the Blue Anchor Show site and
appears to be going from strength to strength. The following photos are by Tony
Oakes and Bozi Mohacek, who has also provided some text.
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The Lingfield Steam Fair has always been
known for a good display of Steam Traction Engines, Steam Rollers
and Steam Lorries, and this year was no exception, possibly fewer.
It was also nice to note that the SVVS has consolidated its vintage car
paddock and that quite a few Members came over the two days. Further
details of SVVS attendances at the bottom of this report. Steam first.

The Show had as usual a number of sub sections. One was the
Stationary Engines showing engines by Amanco, Bamford, Bentall, BSA,
Crossley, Fairbanks Morse, Hartop, JAP, Ingeco, International, Lister, Norman, Petter, Ruston,
Scammell, Villiers, Witte and Wolseley. Model Steamers included a
3" Allchini, a couple of Aveling & Porter, a few 3 &
4" Burell, 2" Minie Minless, a number of 3 & 4" Foster,
a Foden, a 3" Mc Laren, a Ruston 4", and a 4" Tasker, Lorries,
Commercials and Busses had mostly relatively modern stuff but included a
1918 Model T, a 1937 Citroen 23, R 1939 Guy Wolf, a 1933 Ford Pickup and a
few light commercials of interest. Fire engines were also mainly modern.
Being a Country Show it was nice to see the tractors there too; some
were quite
interesting and unusual machines including the Lanz Bulldo. Other
interesting names included Balford Atom, Bolens Husky, Bristol,
Wheelhorse Commando, Pattison Golfcourse as well as a number of
Ferguson,
Fordson, International, and Massey, to name but a
few.

(The following text is from the SVVS Magazine and is by the Mag Editor
Julian Alderton.) Perfect weather brought a good selection of S. V. V.
S. cars to the show which was organised for the club, once again, by
David Cole. Our display area was well away from the noise this year
although it seemed that the attendance was not as high as usual. On the
Saturday there were eight club vehicles present. In no particular order
they were Derek Wright's recently acquired Rover 110, Alan Reid's Austin
7 Sport, David Cole's Austin 10/4, Frank Hayter's Morris Oxford, Mike
Erroll's Jaguar XK 120, Graham Young's Morris Bullnose Tourer, Mike
Gorman's Morris 10/4 and the Editorial MG Y.

The Sunday attendance was somewhat better when Mike Gorman returned,
this time in his Bentley Mk 4. The Wright's Rover, the MG Y and David
Cole's Austin also put in a second appearances. Chris Geary's Alvis had
an airing and Don and Mollie Bingham also had an airing in the Singer le
Mans, as did Ian MacLennan in the 4.5 litre Bentley. Also in attendance
were the S.V.V.S. '

'Snapper' and Deputy 'Snapper', Messrs. Mohacek and O'Akes with the
Humber-and-Citroen composite which puts me in mind of the Mercury and
Mayo of pre-war aviation fame. Graham Martin brought one of his
Standards to accompany David Glew's MG TC and Derek Bashford's Sunbeam
Rapier, while a welcome visit was paid by David Cole's friend, Harry
Merrison who brought a Morris Isis Six, an earlier model of the Morris
Isis which David formerly owned. David said that he is in with a
sporting chance of persuading Harry to join the S.V.V.S.

The Group Organiser, David Cole, to whom we are very grateful for
running our display, was seen on arrival to be hammering a huge metal
spike into the ground to which, presumably, he had to tether the Austin
in case it ran away. The Event programme contained numerous errors,
among which was the declaration that Don and Mollie Bingham had come in
their Singer Leman.